"The leaflets reportedly found at the site warned of the “cleansing” of brothels, “degenerate homosexuals”, thieves and informants, and declared “Long Live Marxism-Leninism-Maoism, principally Maoism.”"
wtf is with these psychos?? Would love some Shining Path info because this is not a great look
I've heard that some Republican forces during The Troubles attempted to use these kinds of strategies too which is like the only situation I can imagine it working, when there is a new division to separate the countryside from urban centers that isnt peasantry vs bourgeoise.
I can understand Irish Maoists since Ireland has always had a unique dynamic with agriculture. Mostly agricultural workers but not peasants like the rest of Europe, more like an island of serfs, most of whom never got given a plot latter like Kulaks in Russia. Ended up creating a population that was aware of class and hated the men of property for a LONG time. There was not the same struggle with peasants and rural petite bourgeoise as in other places